Exemples de phrases éligibles au malus :
1)
Still, one single thing was likely to... (+possibility) Jennifer had just learnt that she was pregnant and Bobby was obviously the father
=> la 2e phrase ne poursuit pas ce qui précède

2) She was a good girl...No! she was silly!
=> la narration de la 2e phrase contredit la narration de la 1ère phrase.

Exemples de phrases qui, au contraire, n'engendrent pas de malus :
1) She was a good girl...
and yet, according to her sister, she wasn't so clever..
=> la 2ème phrase met en relief un contraste de points de vue entre 2 personnes